Neoclassical life-cycle consumption: A textbook example

Economic Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 209-221

  Bütler, Monika ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumption income correlation; Life cycle consumption profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035529079     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004098     Document Type: Article

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